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How hackers make malicious PDF files (+list of tools)

(Feb 23, 2025 02:26 PM)RoundLettuce Wrote:  Amazing tutorial! Thank you!! I bookmarked it :)

You're welcome man ! If you want to see more hacking tutorials that you didn't find on HF with the search feature, feel free to ask here : https://hackforums.net/showthread.php?tid=6282713
thank you so much for this ! starting out so tutorials like this really help us new learners understand, well anything lol. much appreciation
(Mar 24, 2025 01:06 PM)mlkmx Wrote:  thank you so much for this ! starting out so tutorials like this really help us new learners understand, well anything lol. much appreciation

You're welcome man, by the way if you're starting andwant to learn more about hacking I encourage you to :

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EvilPDF gives me an empty file when downloading. Does it not work anymore?
(May 26, 2025 11:32 AM)DramaKing Wrote:  EvilPDF gives me an empty file when downloading. Does it not work anymore?

What do you mean by "empty" file ? No payload ? No content in the PDF file like texte or images ? Can you share some screenshots of what you selected during the creation of the file ? I didn't test the file, but when I created it and uploaded it on VT, it has been flagged as malicious "Dropper" : https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/91dd...2/behavior

I've followed the steps on this tutorial and the file has been generated : https://jaymonsecurity.com/analisis-evilpdf/

What PDF reader did you use ? Can you try with another one ? Or with a web browser ?
(May 26, 2025 07:20 PM)Bastille Wrote:  What do you mean by "empty" file ? No payload ? No content in the PDF file like texte or images ? Can you share some screenshots of what you selected during the creation of the file ? I didn't test the file, but when I created it and uploaded it on VT, it has been flagged as malicious "Dropper" : https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/91dd...2/behavior

I've followed the steps on this tutorial and the file has been generated : https://jaymonsecurity.com/analisis-evilpdf/

What PDF reader did you use ? Can you try with another one ? Or with a web browser ?

Huh. Yeah, I will. I downloaded the .zip multiple times, and it was always 0 bytes.
thanks for this bruh
Thanks for the information.
It's hard to find reliable source.

Sorry to ask but would someone be nice enought to make a small video of the process?
I will be grateful to him.
(Jun 14, 2025 01:45 PM)Jean Bon Wrote:  Thanks for the information.
It's hard to find reliable source.

Sorry to ask but would someone be nive enought to make a small video of the process?
I will be grateful to him.

You're welcome, yeah we're thinking about making videos for the forum, can't say when they will be released, but we're working on it


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